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THE HEART OF BEING 



Uriel Buchanan 



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The Heart of Being 

OR 

Truth and Destiny 



By 

URIEL BUCHANAN 

Author of " The Mind's Attainment," " The Path to Power,' 
etc., etc. 




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850-854 McClurg Building, Chicago, U. S. A. 
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Copyright, 1909 

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Chapter I. 

Chapter II. 

Chapter III. 

Chapter IV. 

Chapter V. 

Chapter VI. 

Chapter VII. 

Chapter VIII. 

Chapter IX. 

Chapter X. 

Chapter XI. 



CONTENTS 

Page 
The Primary Processes 

of World Building... 9 

Man's Progress 15 

The Manifestation of 

Love 18 

Seeking The Invisible 

Presence 24 

The Wordless Voice 31 

The Creative Impulse... 36 
The Realm of Self-Con- 
sciousness 42 

The Echo From The 

Eternal Hills 46 

The Hermit And - The 

Youth 54 

The Wanderings of The 

Soul 73 

The Destined Goal 79 




THE PRIMARY PROCESS OF 
WORLD-BUILDING 

HERE are no living wit- 
nesses to the marvelous 
scenes which belong to the 
primary processes of world 
building, for in the earlier 
stages of the planet's formation no 
individualized self-conscious life could 
exist. But man may read the story of 
the earth's unfoldment from the hier- 
oglyphs of nature — from the mountain 
cliffs and the broad plains, from the deep 
valleys, the sand-swept deserts, the ma- 
jestic rivers and the billowy seas. From 
the milestones along the mysterious way, 
aided by the illumined vision of science, 
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upon centuries that had passed away be- 
fore the period of human existence upon 
this planet began — back to the time when 
the moving force of universal life first 
projected itself into crystallized form in 
the bosom of the earth as a mineral. He 
may follow the continuous and progres- 
sive gradations of life through its mani- 
festation in the protoplasmic slime in an- 
cient seas — ever onward through the 
ages of evolution, from the tiniest finny 
beings to the monstrous creatures that 
finally emerged from the bed of the 
Silurian ocean and crawled over vast 
bogs and roamed through primeval for- 
ests. By the destructive agencies the 
huge clumsy forms were broken into 
pieces again and again, and cast into the 
crucible of nature to be remoulded each 
time into symmetrical and fairer shapes. 
Thus all forms have been slowly 
evolved from the gross to the delicate, 
from the simple to the complex, from 

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mammoth to man. The force imprisoned 
in the chrysolite obeys the impulse of pro- 
gressive change. In its demand for on- 
ward march the mineral form is broken, 
and life repictures itself into shape after 
shape more and more wonderful in struc- 
ture. The strength and power that first 
bound the atoms in the solid rock, now 
paints the flower with tints of wondrous 
beauty, grows in the foliage, lives in the 
trembling leaves, opens broadly in the 
sunlight and is kissed by the wooing 
breeze. Slowly the grasp of matter re- 
laxes its hold, and life is evolved from the 
plant and the tree to the plane of animal 
existence, where conscious power is first 
made manifest through instinct and love. 
The cruder forces of animal strength be- 
gin to respond to the influence of mind, 
until the dumb creatures of the higher 
order of the animal kingdom approach the 
threshold of that domain that belongs to 
the dignity and glory of man. 
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The primitive races of mankind dwelt 
in caves, in rude huts and beneath twisted 
boughs. Tribes were separated by unex- 
plored regions. Man wandered at will 
through unclaimed forests. Continents 
were divided by mysterious and unsailed 
seas. But the movement of the palpable 
life stream has flooded the world, and 
carried forward on its slow-moving tide 
the people of every continent. 

Those who have explored the ancient 
ruins which survive in many lands, find 
the symbols of the same mystery graven 
upon the walls. Identical symbols were 
used by tribes on opposite parts of the 
globe, even in that far-off time when the 
world was young and the race was simple 
and untaught — long before cables of steel 
had united the continents and long before 
ships had navigated the seas. One of the 
earliest emblems used to- express the in- 
visible forces of nature and the perpetual 
life of the human race was that of the ser- 
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pent. While the symbol of the serpent 
has an important place in the magical 
lore of Egypt, and in the sacerdotal 
mysteries of all Oriental lands, it was also 
used as a sacred emblem by the primitive 
races of America, and is a prominent 
figure among the surviving works of the 
mound builders. Hence we see that the 
races of mankind, even in the long ago, 
were united by the invisible currents of 
thought which flowed from one source 
and impelled humanity upward toward 
the manifestation of an exalted destiny. 
And from century to century we see a 
gradual unfoldment of the human race, 
which has never been left entirely guide- 
less in the dark or unled by the eternal 
light, but has evolved from stage to stage 
along the ascending spiral of destiny, 
manifesting in greater fullness the power 
and supremacy of mind. 

Thus life, with all the mysteries that en- 
shroud it, with all the pain and joy that 
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accompany it, has flowed on in an ever- 
widening stream, coursing through the 
veins of the rude and uncultured, whose 
thoughts are only of the visible things 
surrounding daily life — on, ever on — 
awakening at times to a vague con- 
sciousness, then receding to the realm of 
the unmanifest, to come again with re- 
newed forces, pulsating now to the heart- 
throbs of genius; and thus will it continue 
to flow, until it has scintillated through 
every influence that the stream of pro- 
gression claims. Life is an eternal un- 
foldment, and love of life is an unerring 
instinct whose aspirations are the woo- 
ings of the Infinite. 



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II. 

MAN'S PROGRESS 

Man has toiled tirelessly in his search 
for knowledge ; and by his power and gen- 
ius he has transformed the face of nature 
into symmetry and beauty. He has felled 
the forests and reared in their place cities 
and empires; he has spanned the rivers, 
crossed the continents with railways, and 
conquered the adverse waves of the sea, 
over which he rides swiftly and fearlessly 
by the magic power of resistless steam. 
He has cunningly enslaved the elements 
of the world and subjected even the wind 
and the lightning to his command. The 
telegraphs and cables have annihilated 
space and time, and brought the people of 
every land into closer and more vital re- 
lation with each other. He has taken dull 
clay and shaped it into a beauteous vase ; 
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a block of marble, and chiseled it into a 
perfect image of the ideal form; a string 
and piece of wood, and made a sweet- 
voiced violin. At his command waste 
places have blossomed into gardens of 
luxuriance. Fire and air, electricity and 
light, have been subdued to his useful 
service. The printing press has made us 
acquainted with the noble thoughts and 
deeds of the great men of every age — 
with the heroes, who have spent their 
lives for others; the poets and orators, 
who have charmed the world with elo- 
quence and song ; the painters and sculp- 
tors, who have created immortal forms 
with brush and chisel; the composers, 
who have interpreted the melody of 
sound; and the philosophers, who have 
searched the depths of being and learned 
the secrets of the stars. These marvel- 
ous achievements, and many more, have 
been recorded, and such things will en- 
lighten and encourage the generations 
yet to be. 

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Reason, at first rude and untaught, has 
become radiant with knowledge and 
crowned with jeweled thoughts as beauti- 
ful and vast as the sky of stars. Affection, 
once narrow and selfish, has grown to a 
love and sympathy that is broad and true. 
Man's marvelous skill in the fine arts, his 
wondrous handicrafts, his magic power 
and mastery in every department of 
nature, together with his trained reason 
and the maturity of his heart and con- 
science, rightly place him on a height far 
upon the road of attainment. But his 
triumph is incomplete. There are still 
heights unsealed and depths unfathomed. 



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III. 

THE MANIFESTATION OF LOVE 

The first quarter of the twentieth cen- 
tury is to be a period of wonderful growth 
and advancement along every conceivable 
line of thought and action. Science will 
revolutionize the world of commerce by 
the wonderful discoveries that are now 
being made. The ethical and social as- 
pects of life will be materially changed; 
while the creeds of orthodoxy will be 
supplanted by the simple religion of love. 
The spirit of love will dethrone the demon 
of hate, and upon the altar of the sanc- 
tuary within the heart of humanity will 
be kindled the sacred flame of truth. 
During the transition period from the old 
to the new, a battle will be waged in the 
realm of thought more serious than the 
crossing of swords — more fearful and con- 

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fusing than the din of bursting shell. But 
the wheel of progress can no more be 
checked by any man or set of men than 
can the world be made to pause in its 
unending journey through the measure- 
less depths of space. If man would 
keep at the head in the great procession 
of life, it is essential that he understand 
the basic principles by which humanity 
is to be governed and universal harmony 
maintained. No one can stand aside 
while the wave of progressive life en- 
circles the globe. Each one must either 
rise with the tidal wave of deeper life and 
pass to nobler spheres of usefulness, or be 
carried by the receding tide to the waters 
of oblivion. 

Bound by the duties that progression 
claims, it is man's work to remove the 
yoke of bondage from the neck of his 
fellow-man; to free from the dark and 
dreary dungeon of ignorance the im- 
prisoned, the despised, and greet them 

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with a ray of light, with a word of cheer; 
to break the forged chains of superstition, 
place man's feet on the highway of truth, 
and bid him walk with head erect and 
free. 

One of the most potent principles oper- 
ating to purify and elevate the world of 
humanity is the influence of love. It is 
love that lightens the burdens of life, love 
that animates to ceaseless toil, love that 
moves the patriot in his country's cause. 
It is love that makes existence sweet, love 
that builds the nation's homes and fills 
the world with all the comforts and luxu- 
ries of life. It is the influence of love that 
refines and elevates the heart and makes 
sacred the circle of a happy home. Love 
is as natural as the heart-beat, universal 
as the law of gravitation, sweet as the 
perfume of the rose, and beautiful as the 
dawn. Love is the flame that lights the 
eyes with an unfading lustre and paints 
the cheeks with a magnetic glow. The 

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spirit of love that throbs in every heart 
enables man to see some ray of light in 
regions of deepest darkness, some spark 
of intelligence in the mind of the most ig- 
norant, some gleam of hope in the bosom 
of the most depraved. The man who is 
dominated by the spirit of love is like 
the magnet to fragments of steel; his 
thoughts are deep and pure; his words 
are like the music of a stream. 

We look up into the heavens at night 
and behold the countless worlds moving 
with magical equilibrium through bound- 
less space, held in their appointed places 
by the law of attraction, which is another 
name for love. We look about us and see 
in all nature a manifestation of the silent 
and ceaseless power of love, expressing 
itself in every blade of grass, giving 
symmetry and beauty to every tree and 
plant and flower. 

In all animate creation below the race 
of human beings there is the guiding 
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presence of an instinct whose monitions 
are unerringly followed by the untaught 
creatures of earth. We see a mani- 
festation of this presence in the active 
life of the bee as it gathers honey from the 
flowers in distant fields, and returns in a 
straight course to its native hive. We 
see this presence manifested in the migra- 
tory instinct of the birds as they come and 
go with the changing seasons of the year. 
The carrier pigeon, when freed from cap- 
tivity, rises and circles in the air above 
and takes an undeviating flight to its 
native home. Then man, the highest 
manifestation of existence ; man to whom 
was given the command over all things; 
man, who has conquered the earth, the 
sea and air, who has enchained the light- 
nings, who converses with the stars, and 
traces comets as they illumine the track- 
less spaces of the universe and pass on to 
sparkle in the silent depths, surely his 
existence is not purposeless in this uni- 
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verse of law; surely he is not left to wan- 
der aimlessly and alone over the earth, 
with no exalted purpose and hope to 
guide him ! The fixed star of truth is the 
eternal guide of man's existence, and its 
rays beckon from afar. Its light flashes 
from the illumined spaces toward which 
humanity moves, and it sheds refulgent 
rays upon all created things. It is the 
star of truth and life, the beckoning star 
of wisdom and love, set in the firmament 
of the Invisible Ideal where, like a jewel, 
it shall adorn the brow of a regenerated 
humanity. 



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IV. 

SEEKING THE INVISIBLE PRESENCE 

All that is best in the good that is now 
being done, as well as the deepest knowl- 
edge that has yet been vouchsafed to us, 
is the result of forces that have been 
struggling for expression in the life of 
humanity since the birth of man. Slowly 
and painfully have we been wresting from 
Nature the secrets she has long hidden 
from us, and our progression has been 
fraught with mistakes and with suffering. 
The darkness that hangs over the past 
still casts its shadow over the world to- 
day. But the mysteries that have been 
fathomed by science, and the knowledge 
acquired by those on the heights, shed 
an increasing light far down into the val- 
ley; and all who will open their eyes to 
the living realities round about them may 

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read the signs of the time and feel the 
thrill of a quickening power. Deep down 
in regions unlit by the light of the dawn, 
a few still grope in the darkness and cling 
to the phantoms of vanished days. But 
the radiance grows greater with the 
march of the years, and heeds not the 
murmur of dissenting voices down there 
in the shadows. Invisible forces of Na- 
ture are blending with forces in the mind 
of man, and the light on life's horizon 
grows brighter and purer, and shines with 
a mightier radiance into the heart and life 
of progressive humanity. Within reach 
of those in the deep valley below, as well 
as of one who has approached nearer the 
summit of the highest ideal — within reach 
of all, is the knowledge of truth and the 
attainment of freedom which wisdom 
gives. Ours is the choice — whether the 
monitions of wisdom and truth shall guide 
our wandering footsteps to the threshold 
of freedom and power, or that we shall re- 
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main deaf and blind to the whir of the 
white wings of the dove of peace that 
flies over the pathway of our destiny. 

The inward life, in its most permanent 
form, is built up in the consciousness of 
the man who has suffered himself to be- 
come beautiful and pure. This inner 
sanctuary may be entered by the lowliest 
of men, while it often may happen that 
one of vast knowledge who seeks the in- 
visible presence shall fail to discover the 
way that leads to the threshold of happi- 
ness. The intellect alone cannot lift the 
veil that enwraps the inmost conscious- 
ness of man, cannot survey the sacred re- 
cesses where life abides in the majesty of 
peaceful repose; but one who grows 
nobler in an ever loftier consciousness and 
purer love, one who is gentle and good, 
shall receive the light that will illumine 
the mind, reveal the way to the myster- 
ious sources of vision, and open the 
heart to the influx of profoundest joy. 
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Who has not heard in the deeps of his 
being the whisper of loftiest instincts, and 
felt the influence of a resistless power 
surge up from the mysterious gulf within? 
They who have dwelt in the silence, they 
who have dived down to explore the un- 
dercurrents of destiny, have brought a 
few secret jewels from the treasure of 
truth to the surface. But they who have 
gone down deepest have touched only the 
shoals of the hidden life, and they alone 
know how unfathomable is the sea of in- 
finity on which humanity reposes. 

There are those who have drawn them- 
selves away from the life movement of 
the race, and plunged into the abyss of 
abstraction with an eagerness to gain for 
themselves the riches that lie hidden 
there, and to wrap themselves in the robe 
of proud intellectualism, without respect 
to the burden of sorrow that enthralls 
mankind. But the possession of true 
knowledge draws man nearer to man, and 

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identifies those who think with those who 
toil. It becomes the office of the truly 
wise to consecrate their gifts to the useful 
service of all, and to infuse the light of 
their wisdom into the minds of the un- 
awakened. In imagination alone does the 
gulf exist between the saint and the sin- 
ner; for there is an invisible goodness in 
the heart of the most depraved, and a 
faint glimmering of wisdom even in the 
mind of a fool. The man of true power 
is he who invokes the living streams of 
life, which descend from the hills of uni- 
versal nature, and compels them to flow 
through the barren plains and waste 
places of earth, as well as through peace- 
ful and fertile valleys where golden har- 
vests wave. Let us not dam up the cur- 
rents of energy that inflow to us, for in 
the great reservoir of nature is the es- 
sence of all power ; and while reaching up 
with one hand to receive the gifts that 
are bountifully bestowed, let us ever ex- 

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tend the other to those in the darkness, 
that they, too, may become conscious of 
the deeper realities, and receive a fore- 
gleam of the higher destiny that awaits 
them. If we close up the avenues of our 
mind through which flow the magnetic 
streams from the mysterious deeps, the 
waters of life will become stagnant within 
us. If our life be truly in touch with the 
omnipotent supply, there need be no fear 
of exhausting our forces by giving to 
others ; the streams that branch out from 
the clear fountain of wisdom will ever en- 
large as they flow ; the currents will grow 
deeper and broader as they blend with 
other streams from the same sources of 
life, finally forming the wide and deep 
rivers which carry the burden of many a 
frail bark, whose white sails would never 
have been unfurled to the breeze and the 
heavens but for the brooklets that flow 
from perennial sources back there in the 
mountains. 

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The mystical river of life flows on, re- 
newed eternally by crystal streams from 
the fountain of truth. It flows through 
the dark canyons where the sun never 
gleams on its waters, as it flows by the 
great cities where all is activity and glory; 
it flows through vast deserts where no 
echo responds to its murmur, as it flows 
through broad valleys and green pastures 
where all is gladness and peace ; it streams 
on forever, in search of the sea of univer- 
sal humanity. 



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V. 
THE WORDLESS VOICE 

There is a voice within which makes it- 
self heard above the heated centers of 
commercial life, above the din and noise 
of the clashing streets. It is the wordless 
voice which whispers from the inner- 
most depths of the heart's sanctuary; 
it is that all-pervading interior light 
which has lighted man's way through 
the passing centuries. To one who 
listens, it will make of life a song; 
to one who accepts this light as 
guide, his career will be a symphony. 
It is a faculty of perception in the 
mind which gives one a knowledge not 
taught by the academies, reveals truths 
unknown to scholastic systems, gives cul- 
ture without the college, and endows the 
mind with wisdom and power. This si- 

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lent voice, this inexpressible light, is the 
highest heritage of humanity. Those who 
persistently ignore it and refuse to culti- 
vate it, grow tired of the years, grow tired 
of the world, grow old and die. Those 
who cherish the light and follow its mo- 
nitions are continually renewed from the 
invisible sources and are given strength 
to go on with their work and their life, 
and to pass from victory to victory. Re- 
garded faithfully, it reveals the secret of 
life and indicates destiny's crown. It con- 
tinually whispers in subdued tones, "this 
is the way, come up higher." It is the one 
infallible oracle and trustworthy guide to 
ways of righteousness and peace. Let no 
false teaching, however enticing, no au- 
thority, however gilded, blind you to the 
interior light and take from you its lead- 
ings. What the world needs is to have 
this light increased ; to inculcate the ideal, 
to manifest the harmonies of a nobler and 
truer existence. 

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Call it what you will — intuition, intel- 
lect, the soul; conscience, wisdom, or the 
dictates of reason — words fail to describe 
its qualities; no language can define its 
attributes. It is nevertheless a presence 
that is felt by all at times, and is never 
absent from the heart where hope dwells. 
Where pure life glows, where reason's 
torch burns brightest, where truth has its 
home, and love its shrine, there the invis- 
ible presence abides; and no harm will 
come to those who walk in the shadow of 
its radiance; no fatality can lurk in their 
hearts, no misfortune attend their des- 
tiny; for the rays of this light will pene- 
trate and purify the mind and heart, and 
its hidden fire will consume all dross. 

It is not that this presence is ever with- 
drawn, that men wander from the center 
of rest and peace, from the threshold of 
happiness and power, to grope in the 
outer darkness where the storms and 
tempests rage. For this light to man is 

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like the presence of the visible sun to the 
material world. The heat through the 
summer days is more intense, though the 
earth in reality is farther away from its 
source and its sustenance than it is 
through the coldest days of the winter. 
It is not the vast distance, or nearness, 
but the nature of the aspect, which deter- 
mines the degree of the light and the 
warmth the earth receives from the sun. 
The more direct the rays, the more in- 
tense will the heat be. Likewise it is 
man's aspect and relation to the interior 
light which determines the nature of his 
life and his destiny. The light is there; 
it shines on eternally ; it is man who vacil- 
lates — not the light — sometimes in close 
affinity with the positive pole of goodness 
and truth, again vibrating to the opposite 
pole of negation and darkness. 

Let us invoke the light and bask in the 
direct rays of its presence. And like the 
needle to the pole, if the storms of afflic- 

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tion and the tumult of the senses cause the 
desires and the will to swerve from this 
center of truth and goodness, of love and 
light, let us swing back again, after the 
clouds have vanished, and guide the frail 
bark of our life safely to the haven of its 
rest and its gladness. 



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VI. 

THE CREATIVE IMPULSE 

In the long ago, when the earth was 
young, the creative impulse, charged with 
one purpose and will, and longing to man- 
ifest the slumbering energies in the har- 
mony and beauty of diversified forms, 
crystallized into a tiny germ. Working in 
silence, it slowly attracted the invisible 
forces from the dark surroundings of its 
lodging place in the barren ground. The 
hot sun poured down its fierce rays and 
warmed the earth's surface day after day, 
until the innate life of the invisible germ 
unclosed the shell of its limitation and 
projected itself above the inert materials 
of its anchorage, winning for itself a place 
in the light and the wooing breeze. In 
the peace of the dawn the tiny structure 
was kissed by a dewdrop, which awoke 

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within it the first gleam of consciousness. 
Its desire became greater than ever be- 
fore to reach up and attain. A ray of 
sunlight came down a golden pathway 
from the vaulted skies, played gently 
around it, and found lodgment in its 
yearning heart. It had received no token 
of its purpose ; but the plant was grateful 
for the dewdrop and the sunbeam which 
brought the happiness and joy it craved. 
The vernal zephyrs made its tender leaf- 
lets tremble as they gently caressed it, but 
breathed no secret of its destiny. As it 
grew high in stature in the air and sun- 
light it began to put forth rootlets to hold 
it steadfast in its place, that it might be 
able to withstand the storms and vicissi- 
tude of time. But it soon perceived that 
its environment was unsuited to harmo- 
nious and rapid unfoldment. The inexor- 
able law of nature had placed it in the 
cleft of a rock, with no room for expan- 
sion and growth. Then it repined that 

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the cruelty of fate had placed it there, 
feeling that it would fail to fulfill the 
purpose and design of the power which 
gave it birth. 

What am I? Why am I here? Is my 
existence to be objectless? were the ques- 
tions it asked of the breeze and the sun- 
beams that played around it. But no 
answer came in response to its question- 
ing. Its life grew desolate and its frail 
leaves drooped, for the dewdrops failed in 
their efforts to quench the thirst of its 
greater needs, and the sunbeams began 
to dry up the sap within it. But one day 
the skies and the sunlight were obscured 
by dark clouds which shed tears of crystal 
raindrops that fell to the earth and 
brought refreshment and life to the frag- 
ile and fading plant. A tremor of joy 
passed through its being once more. A 
new sensation of energy and resistless 
power was aroused within it; the roots 
went deeper, the body grew larger and 

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taller, the branches spread out, and the 
miracle of life was complete. A tiny 
acorn, concealed in the cleft of a rock, 
had been tranformed by the impulse of 
creative law into a giant oak, destined to 
withstand the destructive elements from 
century to century. And if the life in the 
growing tree can rend asunder the rock 
which impedes its progress, is it to be 
wondered at that man, with his powers 
and capabilities, should be able to accom- 
plish even greater things than this, in his 
efforts to attain a gloriously rounded and 
perfect manhood? 

Where can be found a more perfect 
symbol of man's beginning and develop- 
ment than that of the tree ; and how many 
lessons of patience and strength might be 
learned from these inanimate symbols 
that grow up round about us? Young men 
who stand at the threshold of life, await- 
ing the time when a way will be opened to 
them for achievement in some chosen 

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pursuit, ofttimes become vexed and dis- 
heartened because of delay. Obstacles 
confront one at every step, and all the 
forces of nature at times seem to conspire 
to thwart the accomplishment of one's 
purpose and aims. But the very obstacles 
man meets on the journey are simply the 
hills he must climb before he can peace- 
fully rest on the summit which towers 
above the cloud and the storm. The op- 
posing forces man meets and masters, the 
suffering and sorrow he endures, as well 
as the love and the joy that are his, come 
to him as lessons to be learned, experi- 
ences to be gained, which compel the 
roots of his consciousness to delve more 
deeply into the soil of truth, that the 
branches of aspiration may reach higher 
into the regions of light. He should not 
feel discouraged if destiny seems slow in 
the fulfillment of the heart's deep yearn- 
ings, but should learn from the monarch 
of the forest the secret it holds for him. 
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Slowly and invisibly it draws by the law 
of accretion the nourishment needed to 
sustain and increase its power. Again 
and again it is stripped of its foliage by 
the wintry blasts, and its limbs are twisted 
and scarred by the winds, the hail and the 
lightning. Yet the tree grows larger with 
the march of years, until at last it stands 
alone in its strength and its majesty, bid-- 
ding defiance to the destructive forces 
which often beat fiercely against it. 



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VII. 

THE REALM OF SELF- 
CONSCIOUSNESS 

Deep down in the innermost depths of 
all beings there has been implanted the 
invisible germ of that mysterious prin- 
ciple called life. The perpetuity of our 
individual selfhood is maintained by an 
eternal process of living and dying, assim- 
ilating and consuming, building and de- 
stroying. The outer dies daily and the 
inner becomes manifest. All the past is 
a flow of life which unites the generations 
of humanity without a break — a vast un- 
broken stream which has flowed from the 
primeval and eternal source of the uni- 
verse. The creative tide that has evolved 
humanity has never been lost to its 
source, and its eternal flow is propelled by 
the heart-throbs of Universal Nature. 
Life's restless wave is in the whirlwind 

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and the surging sea, in the earthquake 
and the lightning's flash, in cloud and 
storm, in the growing plant and bursting 
bud. Evolving to the plane of conscious- 
ness, its presence is voiced in the shrill 
note of the insect's cry, the song of the 
nightingale, and the cooing dove. It 
reaches the realm of self-consciousness 
within the mind of man; and each invol- 
untary heave of the human chest for 
breath is an aspiration of the heart, gasp- 
ing for the inspiration of a superior life; 
and by this method the elements of the 
material form are being continuously 
energized, and shaped into more and 
more perfect form and function. There 
has been implanted a restless longing 
within the breast of man which cannot 
be wholly satisfied so long as the heart 
beats and the life-blood flows. Each one 
is endowed with an inherent impulse 
which leads ever upward from height to 
height toward the final goal of a noble 

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destiny. To remove the obstructions 
which false methods of living have cre- 
ated, to purify the heart, to cleanse the 
human temple of all things that clog the 
blood and pollute the mind, will enable 
every human being to manifest the beauty 
and glory of that life of the universe 
which extends from the everlasting to 
the everlasting. 

The planets and stars of infinite space, 
the earth and all it contains, the melodies 
of the winds and waters, the grandeur of 
the woods and plains, and the beauty of 
all living things, speak with a pleading 
eloquence which bids man arise in the 
dignity of the power that nature has given 
him and to manifest the growing harmo- 
nies that spring up from the deeps of his 
consciousness. Yet through all ages and 
in all climes there have been men who 
have closed their eyes and persistently 
ignored the eternal light, preferring to 
grope blindly in the darkness of ignorance 
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OR, TRUTH AND DESTINY 

and sin. The light shines brighter to-day 
on life's horizon than ever before; yet 
there are thousands whose visions are 
limited to the walls of the prison their 
greed and their selfishness have built; and 
only through chinks that misfortune has 
made do they permit the glow of the light 
to penetrate the chill calm of indifference. 
The finer sensibilities often become dulled 
in the mind of the man who is prosperous ; 
and only the hidden fire of some great 
misfortune can consume the dross and 
reveal in his heart the jewels of charity 
and love. All men should be prosperous. 
But in the enjoyment of opulence one 
should ever remember that the true 
source of happiness lies deeper than ma- 
terial riches. A pure heart is the eternal 
passport to true happiness, without which 
man knocks at the threshold in vain. 



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VIII. 

THE ECHO FROM THE ETERNAL 
HILLS 

A young mortal entered the world and 
commenced the journey of life. Before 
him lay the untrodden road of his unful- 
filled destiny, awaiting the fall of his foot- 
steps. Near him flowed a silvery stream 
that glimmered in the sunlight and glided 
gently toward the distant sea. About him 
towered the lofty hills, crowned with the 
deep blue and the unfathomable depths 
of heaven. The winding road was strewn 
with rough stones, and over their sharp 
edges he wearily trod, while day followed 
day with lengthened hours. He strug- 
gled with adversity through years of fruit- 
less toil. He endured the degradation of 
poverty, and suffered the pangs of hun- 
ger. Without love and without hope, the 

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OR, TRUTH AND DESTINY 

world only echoed cries of pain; the sun 
only shone in mockery at his despair; 
each rustle of the wind among the leaves 
was but a sigh — an echo of his grief. At 
last, footsore and despondent, as the gold- 
beams of the sinking sun lighted the hill- 
tops with a fading glow, and the evening 
twilight crept gently through the valley, 
he sat down amid the solitude of nature, 
alone with his gloomy thoughts and his 
desolate life. 

"Oh, I am so sad!" he sighed; and a 
responsive murmur from the peacefully 
flowing river sighed back to him softly 
"so sad, so sad." 

"The gloomy portal of the grave," he 
said, "will open to receive me ; and when 
I have entered there, this tired heart will 
find beneath the cold sod that sweet si- 
lence which enshrouds the mystery of 
death. For me there has been no joy, no 
rest, no love; and now there is left no 
hope but for oblivion; no goal to be at- 
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tained — only the strange wonderment of 
the dreamless sleep. Alone I came into 
the world; alone I have journeyed 
through life, and now I must pass out 
alone." 

An echo from the hills beyond the river 
faintly answered to his cry, "alone, 
alone." The summer wind breathed 
gently in the evening's ear, and the leaf 
tongues of the forest sighed for pity as 
they softly whispered through the gloom, 
"alone, alone." One by one in the infinite 
space of heaven the stars appeared and 
crowned that hour of loneliness with the 
solemnity of their perpetual gaze. With 
a stone for a pillow, he lay down and 
listened to the mystic voices of the night 
— to the faint whisperings, soft and low — 
till wooed by nature's lullaby to the 
ghostly abyss of the dreamless and eter- 
nal sleep. 

Again, through the mystery of birth, a 
human being entered the vast light and 

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space of the world. Speechless delight 
bestirred in his heart as he felt for the 
first time the magnetic touch of delicate 
fingers and listened to the loving voices 
of kindred souls. The unclouded skies 
and glimmering streams, the swaying for- 
ests and majestic plains; the earth, car- 
peted with green sod and plumed with 
graceful foliage; the chorus of the happy 
winged things, the rippling and laughing 
of limpid waters that went singing their 
way to the sea; vernal zephyrs stirring 
the leafage to indefinite whisperings of 
enchanted things — these produced a con- 
cord of sweet sounds and beatific visions 
that evoked the immeasurable thrill of 
ecstasy which vibrated through the sanc- 
tuary of his being. "How beautiful is 
life!" he said; "how good and true, and 
fair! The everlasting strains of melody, 
the choir of innumerable voices, the music 
of nature— one living song! To live is 
happiness unspeakable — a joy forever." 

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And through the woodlands rang the 
echo "a joy forever." 

Each one hears from the eternal hills 
of nature an echo of his own cry — calls 
forth from the silent depths of humanity 
the joys and blessings that respond to his 
faith and love, or the sorrows and curses 
that equal his hate and despair. 

One looks for the good in everything; 
his heart throbs with an unselfish affec- 
tion for humanity ; and in response to his 
love the warm billows of the great mag- 
netic atmosphere of human sympathy 
flow into and permeate his being with 
currents of deathless energy. He sees 
the virtue that sleeps in the bosom of all 
men; catches a glimpse of the obscured 
rays of purity that flash at times through 
the hideous mask of defilement; finds in 
the heart of the lowest and most vicious 
the struggling fragments of love and 
goodness, and the innate yearning for a 
true, unselfish life. 

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Another, loving gold or gain better 
than his fellow-men, better than his own 
life, drives divine love from its throne in 
the human breast, and lives without hope 
and without purpose beyond the gratifi- 
cation of selfish and ignoble aims. Naught 
but the purifying fire of deepest sorrow 
can burn away the barriers and melt his 
iron heart to love and pity. But however 
far man may wander from the appointed 
path of a noble destiny, and ignore the 
principles of truth in the unworthy pur- 
suit of selfish and perverted longings, the 
time comes when the unerring hand of 
eternal justice points to a critical hour on 
the dial of destiny. Truth waves the 
scepter of time over the proud head of 
the wanderer, and before the stern, all- 
pitiless angel of inflexible justice the 
haughty form must bend and the flashing 
eye grow dim; for the penalty of sin is 
death. 

Man regrets in vain the results of mis- 
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spent years. He who ignores in his youth 
the principles of truth, who disregards 
the monitions of his higher life, and obeys 
not the command of progression's law, in 
his old age will look out upon the desert 
of life with the despair of an empty heart, 
and will become a purposeless wanderer, 
in memory, through the waste places and 
the wrecks that strew the pathway of 
the remorseful past. 

The mysterious promptings of oppo- 
sing destinies, with their lights and shad- 
ows, are ever present in life's pathway, 
confusing the vision of all whose minds 
are not charged with purity and nobility 
of purpose, and causing the footsteps to 
falter — leading at times toward the high- 
way of immaculate whiteness, and again 
plunging one down into the depths of the 
gloom, where the pure heart is seared 
and blackened by the heat and smoke of 
sin. Side by side with each man day and 
night the two invisible pathways converge 

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OR, TRUTH AND DESTINY 

at his feet — one gilded with a luring 
brightness, influencing him to follow the 
time-beaten way of idleness and shrewd 
dishonesty, rich with its early promises 
of wealth and power, and the enjoyment 
of the fruits of others' toil ; but inevitably 
conducting the wanderer into the night- 
enveloped horizon, over dark marshes, to- 
ward the silent grave of vanished hopes 
and wasted years; while the other — the 
toiling pathway of honesty and thrift — 
though narrow and rough for the first 
steps to be taken, leads the advancing 
pilgrim to the rich uplands of that realm 
whose magnificent dome basks in the 
glow of an unfading light. 

Resolute with the courage of a deep de- 
sire, with the pathway illuminated by 
hope's throbbing star, man should turn 
his back forever to the black shadows, and 
follow the beckoning ray that leads to the 
eternal verities of the supreme goal. 



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IX. 

THE HERMIT AND THE YOUTH 

One evening as the sun went down in 
a flood of exquisite glory, painting in 
glowing colors the warm waters of a 
Southern sea, and tinting with pink and 
purple the summer clouds that floated 
placidly in the deep-blue skies, while the 
winds were hushed to give ear to the soft 
murmurings of the waves, a dreamer, 
with open eyes, looked round about him 
and breathed in the peaceful joy of the 
enchanted scene, until there passed into 
his mind thoughts which only the silence 
can utter, and within his heart stirred feel- 
ings which have no language but music. 
There in the silence, with the evening 
shadows creeping about him, the faculties 
which contemplate and imagine were 
fully awakened in the hermit's mind, and 

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OR, TRUTH AND DESTINY 

in the tranquility of the hour he listened 
to the low whisperings of reverie. 

It was difficult to judge of his age from 
his face and his form, for the glow of a 
strange light rested upon his features, 
and in the attitude of his body was pic- 
tured the repose of strength. He had a 
countenance that was pleasant and grave ; 
a calm face, a broad and noble forehead, 
with heavy eyebrows which shaded deep- 
blue eyes that were restful now, but 
bright with the full glow of a magnetic 
and penetrative power. 

In search of the solitude his nature 
craved, the hermit had come to this place 
where he could live for a time undisturbed 
by the duties and cares of the human 
world. On one side the smooth beach of 
the island was washed by the white-cap- 
ped waves from the heaving bosom of the 
Mexican gulf, on the other by the peace- 
ful ripples of a smiling bay. On the 
island were towering sandhills, which 

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THE HEART OF BEING 

stood as white, silent sentinels of the 
night ; and amid the speaking quietude of 
this moveless scene a presence brooded 
which brings madness save to kingly 
souls. 

Soft footsteps fell on the drifted sand, 
and out from the deepening shadows the 
form of a man appeared. The reverie of 
the hermit was broken, and he started 
at the sound of a human voice which 
broke the silence with the question, "Who 
are you?" 

"And you?" was the response of the 
hermit, as he rose to greet the stranger. 

"A man with a party of friends. We 
came here to-day to gather shells." 

Then they stood face to face with each 
other. One, an old man, still young in 
appearance, but in his mind was the 
knowledge and wisdom which requires 
many long years of experience in the heat 
of life's conflicts to gain: the other, a 
young man, apparently of about twenty 

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OR, TRUTH AND DESTINY 

years of age, and of a countenance strik- 
ingly superior to the average youth of the 
world. 

"I welcome you, young man, though 
the things you seek have no attraction for 
me. The shells are painted with beaute- 
ous tints that fascinate the eye ; yet I care 
not for them. I prefer to revel in the gor- 
geous shifting colors of earth and sea and 
sky, for in these I sense the spirit of a 
living power, while shells are only the 
broken fragments of perished lives, em- 
blems of death and change. But you are 
young, and, like the child, are not content 
to merely see the things you love. You 
must touch and handle them. You 
have no eyes for things that have no 
weight and form — things you cannot 
rudely grasp and call your own. But in my 
heart are invisible chords which bind me 
by enkindling sympathies to all the life 
and beauty of the universe. Whether re- 
mote from man's habitation, or in the 
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crowded streets of the world's large cities, 
alone or with many, the same divine mel- 
odies roll through my being, and all 
things are eternally mine without the ef- 
fort of lifting my hand to possess and 
retain them." 

"You may be a wise philosopher," the 
youth replied, "and I hope you are happy 
in the beliefs you hold; but you are cer- 
tainly not practical, and your theories 
would be of small value amid the sway 
and press of the throng." 

"Every light nature would answer as 
you have," responded the hermit. "You 
have no object in life but the possession of 
that which pleases the body and gratifies 
the sensuous. In you nothing seems to 
live but that which has within it the 
germs of death. Happiness is the goal 
you seek, even as it is of all men. But 
your narrow world is peopled with tnaya 
and delusion of the mind, for the forms 
which seem most real to you are evanes- 
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OR, TRUTH AND DESTINY 

cent as a dream. By full experience of 
the illusions of the senses, I stand at the 
threshold of the permanent and abiding; 
and the knowledge I speak comes not 
from me, but from the bright realms of 
wisdom and truth. You trust to the arm 
and flesh, and seek dominion by physical 
force; and in this the animals are far su- 
perior to you. One blow of the lion's 
paw would rend and kill ; and the life you 
know, like the life of the animal, dwells 
in the senses and ends with death. The 
life you live furls its faithless wings at the 
very threshold of that realm where true 
life begins." 

"Your judgment is rather severe," the 
youth remarked ; "and is not wholly false 
nor wholly true. You are correct when 
you say I live in the senses; and so far 
as I know my life shall close with the 
tomb. I love nature as deeply as you. I 
enjoy the beauties of her manifestations 
and feel the pulsations of her hidden life, 
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though it be through the senses, which 
you condemn. I look upon nature with 
the eyes she has given me, and I listen 
with ears attuned to her harmonies. 
The bloom of her flowers delights the 
eye, and their perfume is sweet to inhale. 
I listen to the voice of her winds and the 
melodies of her waters. I hear the rustle 
of her autumn leaves and watch the silent 
fall of the snowflakes which cover with a 
white shroud the sleeping earth. I love 
the young spring which brings the 
feathered throng to echo in music 
through verdant bowers ; I love the bright 
summer with its countless flowers; au- 
tumn's solemn form, and the bewitching 
scenes of winter — all these speak to me 
in a language I understand. Should I ig- 
nore these, and the love of sweetheart and 
friend, of music and art, of eloquence and 
song, for the fantastic visions of that 
shadowy realm you call the real? 

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"I once sought to lift the sombre veil 
that shrouds the unknown, to look be- 
yond the shadows of death into the trans- 
figured faces of the loved and lost. In the 
agony of loneliness, with outstretched, 
pleading hands, I have called out in the 
darkness, 'O, mother, if you still live, hear 
my heart-cry and come to me/ I prayed 
to the invisible Being, whom she had 
taught my childish heart to worship, 'O, 
God, give me one glimpse of Thy pres- 
ence, or one sign as evidence of Thy exis- 
tence/ Again and again have I cried out 
in the darkness, and the only response I 
received was the cold, indifferent silence, 
broken only by the quick throbbing of my 
desolate heart. All my hopes and faith, 
all my prayers and longings have failed to 
bring one whisper from the unseen, or 
one vision but the fleeting images of my 
mind's creation. I do not fear the sleep 
of death. When the time comes to tread 
the unknown pathways of that starless 

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night, I shall be ready and willing to go, 
yielding my will to the same inexorable 
power that brought me here. But 
whence, O, Mystery, and whither? No 
man knows — only that we emerge from 
the unknown, and, like the bright gleam 
of the comet, glitter for a brief time on 
the earth's zenith and pass again into the 
unknown. Should I crucify the flesh and 
deny the sweet realities of the world that 
is, in the contemplation of an imaginary 
world that perhaps never shall be?" 

The depth of thought expressed by the 
youth was a pleasant surprise to the her- 
mit, and his heart was touched by the 
earnestness of his words. Seated in front 
of the youth, on the white sand, beneath 
the innumerable stars of the silent night, 
the hermit spoke again: 

"These waves, which beat on the shore 

at our feet, would produce no sound were 

there no ears to hear; and yonder stars, 

which flash their tremulous lustre 

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through the shoreless ocean of space, 
would be unknown to our consciousness 
had we no eyes to see. The telescope 
brings into view a galaxy of blazing suns 
unseen by the naked eye; and the micro- 
scope reveals a populous world crowded 
within the petals of every flower ; remind- 
ing us of the wonderful infinitude of the 
great, and the equally wonderful infini- 
tude of the small. Then is it not absurd 
to assume that what our feeble senses 
fail to grasp cannot be known ; that what 
our limited vision fails to see, therefore 
cannot exist? 

"But I had no thought of the veiled ex- 
istence of a possible future life when I 
spoke of the real. All men are surround- 
ed by the self-same forces and receive 
light and sustenance from the universal 
origin. Yet one fixes his gaze on the radi- 
ance of truth, while the other sees only 
the shadow its light throws at his feet. 

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"The happiness you seek flows through 
your fingers like water, and leaves you to 
suffer the torture of thirst in the midst of 
streams that flow from perennial foun- 
tains. Your eyes see only the dim spectre 
of illusion and change beating its vampire 
wings in the void. Not a hope that you 
cherish reaches beyond the mists of your 
greed and your selfishness. Even your 
vain pleadings to evoke the loved ones 
from the shadow of silence were born of 
a selfish heart, yielding unwillingly to the 
final decree of destiny. And your prayers 
to the Unknown arose from an innate fear 
and mistrust of the wisdom and goodness 
of the Power that governs life and death. 

"You admire the little wayside flowers 
which deck with their white petals the 
green sod. But when you ruthlessly 
pluck them from their delicate stems, the 
frail blossoms instantly wither and die 
in your hand. Love, which should ever 
remain enshrined in the heart as the most 

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beautiful ideal of man's dream — the angel 
of his higher self — is degraded by the lust 
of man's passionate instincts; and the 
ideal image which he hurls from its 
queenly throne, with whitening lips 
and drooping form passes out into 
the night, scattering in its dark path- 
way the dead flowers of man's greed. 
You shudder to be alone, because 
you dare not be still under the bright 
radiance of the divine light. Dread- 
ing the stillness of the solitude, you 
seek refuge in the lust of avarice and the 
gratification of human passions. Your 
life is like the bewildered stream blindly 
groping its way down the steep hillside, 
turned in its course and divided by every 
resistance it meets; rushing, retreating 
and halting, moved by the weak force of 
an inferior instinct. But you may choose, 
if you will, a destiny that will be like the 
calm peaceful river which flows steadily 

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and unerringly through the wide valleys 
on its appointed way to the sea." 

The hermit paused. The youth re- 
mained silent. The delicate starlight 
dancing on the waves, the sea's deep mur- 
mur and the tranquility of the night, 
brought feelings of peace and rest. Slow- 
ly the youth grasped the ideas that 
flooded his mind. He felt the impulse of 
a new and mysterious force awakening 
within — something that his heart warmed 
to, a pulsing of the blood with an energy 
like the surgings of the sea. The most 
important, the most thrilling event of his 
life had not been at the climax of some 
social triumph, or upon the unexpected 
receipt of a bountiful gift in time of need, 
or through the soft answer of "y es > love," 
uttered by the one dearest to his heart 
when he had asked her to be his for- 
ever. He had experienced all those; and 
happy though the moments were, none 
had so trembled with destiny, none had 

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been fraught with such deep purport as 
that hour alone with the hermit, when 
the new light flashed through his soul 
and gave to his mind a glimpse of that 
strange something he had vaguely felt 
and searched for through all the years. 

The voice of man's better nature is not 
heard in the thunder of life's battles, nor 
in the whirlwinds of passion; but in mo- 
ments of repose, in a peaceful vacancy of 
self, when the mind is acted upon by the 
deep undercurrents of thought which flow 
from the infinite sea. Then the heart 
throbs with the superior instinct of an ex- 
alted destiny. Silently the creative 
thoughts flood life's wilderness, and touch 
the responsive heart with magic power 
that blossoms forth into the full glow of 
manhood's morning. 

"What path would you have me choose 
to live the life of which you speak, and 
what are the conditions required of me?" 

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"There is but one path of attainment," 
the hermit replied, "and that leads in de- 
vious ways, along winding streams and 
over burning deserts; through valleys of 
sorrow and to heights of joy. Each one 
must tread the path alone, signalling to 
others who are bound like himself to the 
duties that progression claims; yet ever 
conscious of the one great fact that each 
step of advance or retreat must be taken 
by his own decree; that not a word is 
spoken, not an act performed save by the 
consent of that invisible selfhood which 
sits eternally enthroned in the myster- 
ious sanctuary of man's being. The path 
that leads you to the supreme goal is the 
path of high resolves and grand achieve- 
ments. And he who treads the narrow 
way must have his being stirred to its 
inmost depth ; must feel a nearness to the 
great heart of nature; must have an un- 
selfish love for the fortunate and unfor- 
tunate, the strong and weak, the rich and 

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poor ; for the gifted and the incapable are 
endowed with the same potentialities of 
life; the oil in the lamp of each mind is 
equally sacred, though in one perchance 
the flame burns brighter. You must have 
a sympathy as broad as humanity, a love 
universal as life, a quenchless thirst fo'r 
knowledge, and an unwavering faith in 
the invisible ideal. And there must be 
persistency of purpose, directed by a will 
that conquers life's adversaries and falters 
not, even when faced by the grim phan- 
tom of death. You must be earnest and 
sincere in all things; upright and honest 
in your dealings with man; true at all 
times to the monitions of inner prompt- 
ings. Correct all errors when possible; 
and what are beyond recall, consign to 
the debris of human frailties, for the dead 
past to cancel; then build on resolves 
more noble, more enduring. Ever aspire 
to the realization of higher ideals, of 
broader conceptions and a deeper con- 

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seiousness. Anticipate the future less 
and live in the present more. Look not 
for the happiness you hope to attain at 
some future, indefinite time, but list to 
the sweet whisperings of joy which the 
present brings. Let the past and the fu- 
ture — the unborn tomorrow and vanished 
yesterday — be cradled in the infinite arms 
of the eternal Now. Live, each day, the 
wise and the happy life of to-day; not 
only the past, lest your soul become en- 
sepulchered while yet living; not to- 
morrow only, lest you lose the golden 
opportunities the present offers; but a 
life that is ever alert to momentary needs 
and keenly conscious of the eternal 
verities." 

They saw a star shoot from its bright 
sphere and vanish in darkness. Strange 
phosphorescent lights gleamed from the 
sea and danced in the spray of the break- 
ing waves like tongues of flame. How 
beautiful the night; and what a night it 
was ! They seemed to sit on the shore of 

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a mystical world, heretofore unvisited 
by mortal man. 

But the illusions of the night were soon 
dispelled by the commonplace words of 
parting; for the time had glided by un- 
heeded, and the hour had come which 
woos alike the youthful and the aged, 
the thoughtful and the gay, from the 
smiles and frowns of joy and care to the 
sweet realm of refreshing sleep. 

The youth, still lingering on the thres- 
hold of life, went back to where he could 
walk the path of existence hand in hand 
with those he loved, and to receive the 
encouragement that comes from sympa- 
thetic contact with human life. A want 
dwelt in his heart which could not be met 
by any morning sunrise, nor by any mel- 
ody of the winds and waves. There is an 
eloquence in the soul of mankind which 
transcends the sublimity of the sea, a re- 
sponse of heart to heart more touching 
and more satisfying, nearer to man's hap- 

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piness and man's yearnings, than will ever 
be found in the grandeur and beauty of 
nature, glorious as it is. 

But the ideas implanted by the hermit 
in the mind of the youth, nurtured by hu- 
man loves and material hopes, blossomed 
in his heart like beautiful flowers. The 
abstract ideals of the philosopher carried 
the youth far up to a greater height than 
he could have climbed alone, where the 
air is purer and the light is brighter; yet 
not so high as to lose sight of those in the 
valley below. In his being the ideal and 
the practical have blended. He is a man's 
master and friend, and the ruler of his 
own destiny. The theories of the dreamer 
have stepped forth in Life, the abstract 
ideals have been brought down to the 
realm of the actual, nearer to the heart of 
our common humanity. To-day the nobil- 
ity of the youth is an inspiration to a host 
of other lives. His hand leads, his pres- 
ence cheers and his smile blesses. 

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x. 

THE WANDERINGS OF THE SOUL 

My soul roamed through the mystic 

realms beyond 
Night's shadow, longing to explore the 

depths 
Of that awful mystery that has been 
Shrouded from mortal eyes since time be- 
gan. 
I passed into the soul-sphere of the world, 
Which rolled onward through the un- 
bounded space 
Of ether, while on its throbbing bosom 
Humanity stirred restlessly, spending 
The fragments of its time in strife and 
toil. 

In ecstasy I viewed with spirit eyes 
The enchanted land of immortal dreams. 
I saw the glow of life's unclouded day, 
And felt the thrill of that inspiring love 

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THE HEART OF BEING 

Which is the soul of art and song. Music, 
And the sweet harmony of all beauty 
Gathered and blended there. I yearned to 

solve 
The mystery of being and the soul's 
Deep destiny throughout eternity. 

f 
"Tell me," I said to the Great Soul of 

Earth, 
"Whence came this self that loves and 

hates? — this I, 
Imprisoned in the walls of flesh and blood, 
Crushed by the weight of toil and care — 

upon 
Its neck the binding yoke of pain, upon 
Its back the cross, upon its brow the 

crown 
Of thorns. What boon hast thou to give 

— what pledge 
Of bliss in higher spheres, to soothe with 

hope 
The pain and weariness of life while 

here?" 

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OR, TRUTH AND DESTINY 

"O, impatient soul!" said the voice of 

Earth, 
"Offspring of my creative love, why fret 
Thee? Yearning for more light upon the 

great 
Mystery, whence thou hast come, and 

whither 
Thou shalt go! Through all the rolling 

ages 
This question has been asked, and no 

reply 
Given. In whose name dost thou speak, 

that I 
Should break the silence to which God 

hath sealed 
My lips, to answer thy soul's question- 
ings?" 



"O, Invisible King!" I said, "Monarch 
Of the seven lights! Thou who hast 

hidden 
In thy bosom rarest treasures; who dost 

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Conceal the mystery of worlds within 
Thy depths— thee I invoke ! And in the 

name 
Of all the great and good of every age, 
Whose silenced lips still speak through us 

—still plead 
With thee, in mute persuasion ; by the 

wrecks 
Of human hopes — -the blinding tears, the 

grief 
Of broken hearts, and in the cherished 

name 
Of loved ones 'neath the unpitying sod— 
I beg of thee for one true word, one ray 
Of light upon the primal mystery." 



The Earth replied : "Ay, soul, thou speak- 

est well, 
But plead in vain. God is! and I am 

naught — 
But one revolving orb, one tiny speck 
Amid the countless multitude of worlds 
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OR, TRUTH AND DESTINY 

And suns that dot the void with spark- 
ling lights. 
Thy destiny is one with mine — thy home, 
Among the stars. The waters of the deep 
Blue sea of Infinitude enfold me, 
And press with soft caress my rounded 

form. 
Thence my immemorial origin, 
Thither the shrouded goal of my final 
Destiny. Thence all rivers of life flow, 
And therein shall all return, when God 
calls. 

"The Spirit of the deep was never born, 
And it alone shall never cease to be. 
Everlasting stability, Spirit 
And substance of all shadow and all 

change — 
Eternal Soul of souls! With Him is 

locked 
The mystery of life and death. 'Twas He 
Who made thee what thou art — to rule 

the sea 

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THE HEART OF BEING 

And land, to trace the stars, to love and 

think. 
Twas He who lit the torch within thy 

heart ; 
Who kindled in thy brain immortal 

thoughts — 
Made thee to dream of immortality. " 



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XL 

THE DESTINED GOAL 

Dismissing from the questioning mind 
the mystical problem of life's origin and 
destiny, and recognizing our vital relation 
to present realities, let us cultivate a keen- 
er perception of our glorious possibilities 
and hasten our progress on the upward 
path that leads to the attainment of the 
highest happiness which is the rightful 
heritage of our earthly existence. No- 
where in all the universe can there be a 
place more appropriate for our expression 
and advancement than is to be found on 
the planet of our present abode. For it is 
here we were placed by the creative pow- 
er which brings into existence all crea- 
tures in accordance with the divine plan — 
the supreme law of design — which fills the 
vast void with shining stars, sends them 

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THE HEART OF BEING 

whirling through trackless space in or- 
derly and rhythmic movements, and with 
mathematical precision and artistic touch 
gives perfect form and beauty of coloring 
to the numberless things that spring 
brightly to being on the galaxy of worlds. 

Dearer to us than all else should be the 
viewless image of that hour when the 
spirit of love touched two united hearts 
and lighted the sacred flame that gave us 
being. Through the past ages, from a 
period which is lost in the remoteness of 
time, the invisible and tireless forces of a 
divine alchemy were at work transmuting 
the clashing elements of nature and pre- 
paring the way for our birth and exist- 
ence. It was no chance coming; but by 
the decree of a supreme power which 
keeps faith with us through all the tur- 
moil of the fleeting years. 

There is a presence which broods in 
eternal silence upon the white snow of 
frozen summits, over the fertile valleys 

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OR, TRUTH AND DESTINY 

and upon the face of the deep. It 
breathes the power of its spirit in the 
wind and the lightning and the rush- 
ing waters; in the fair groves and gar- 
dens and mossed fountains. And in the 
vast deserts, where a solitude dwells that 
brings madness, men feel this power and 
take courage. Like the tide of a fathom- 
less sea whose shores are planets and 
suns, it flows forever over the hills and 
wastes of earth, and floods the stricken 
hearts of the human race with the balm 
and benediction of its love. We cannot 
fathom the mystery of this light and this 
guidance. Yet nearer than the brain- 
throb and the heart-pulse, in the inmost 
sanctuary where consciousness itself is 
enthroned, broods that mystical power 
which pervades and enfolds us ; and those 
who willingly abide in its tranquil pre- 
sence place themselves under the shelter- 
ing care of the Almighty. Silently as the 
approach of dawn the Great Spirit draws 

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THE HEART OF BEING 

near to the soul that is watchful, and 
breathes softly the message of glad- 
ness and peace. In wordless com- 
munion question the oracles of life, and 
measure, if you can, the potentialities 
of your being. In the hush of that 
peaceful hour, brought face to face 
with the silent guardian which keeps 
faithful account of your wanderings, the 
touch of a divine fire will quicken the dull 
brain, and the sluggish heart will become 
responsive to an energy which lifts man 
out of the confines of the physical and 
draws him close to the heart of Being. 

Those who know not of the over- 
shadowing presence, or, knowing, pause 
not to take heed of its promptings, find 
themselves surrounded by influences 
which lead into the roar and rush of strife 
where they become deaf to the voice and 
blind to the vision, and wander farther 
and farther from the home of the soul. 
Their environment is like the darkness of 

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OR, TRUTH AND DESTINY 

the night without the moon and stars. 
With their hearts hardened and their ears 
shut against the cries of the oppressed 
and unfortunate, they feel not the enkind- 
ling sympathies and hear not the voice of 
gratitude, but rush impetuously through 
life's wilderness, regardless of the wants 
and woes of the innocent and helpless 
who toil and weep by the wayside. 

It may be that as you look back over 
the winding pathway of former years you 
will see where the cloud and the storm 
have ofttimes descended, with scarcely a 
ray of hope or of love to herald the light 
which afterwards illumined the horizon 
and thrilled your being with a deep seren- 
ity and unwavering faith. And how soon 
we forget the lessons our experiences 
should teach us, when we find the light 
again waning and feel that our efforts are 
failing. We know not why we should be 
held by environments so contrary to the 
soul's deep yearnings, and to feel that 
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THE HEART OF BEING 

countless invisible foes are closing around 
us ; to be compelled to stand helpless and 
watch the retreating of ideals and dreams 
we had cherished since the days of our 
youth. We say to ourselves, can it be 
that this is the end of the noble ambitions 
we have so patiently nurtured and toiled 
for through all the years? Can it be that 
in vain we have sacrificed the sunlight 
and joy of life's springtide in the hopeless 
quest of unattainable things? 

Looking back to the days of our child- 
hood, we recall the visions we had of this 
wonderful world so beautiful and strange, 
which thrilled our being with indescrib- 
able rapture; visions of the sublimity of 
the nights, the glittering stars and the 
deep silence before the dawn. A name- 
less presence, pervading nature, gave fan- 
tastic shapes to the moonbeams and 
shadows, and ofttimes moved the air 
softly and stirred the leaves to mysteri- 
ous whisperings, speaking to the heart a 

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OR, TRUTH AND DESTINY 

secret language which none can interpret 
save youth and innocence and those who 
live close to the heart of Being. 

Driven by duties and cares and held 
back from the goal of our ambition by 
numerous obstacles which spring up in 
our pathway, the shadow of fear and mis- 
trust steals in and takes from us much of 
the strength and repose we had gained 
from the inspirations of youth. 

Yet we should have faith in the har- 
mony, the love and the goodness of the 
immutable laws which govern life and 
destiny and change. Though there are 
times when we ignore the monitions of 
the higher self and grope in the darkness 
where we hear but a faint echo of the 
voice of truth and catch only a gleam of 
the light, if we look more deeply and listen 
intently there will come to our vision a 
glimpse of the beckoning ideal and a fore- 
gleam of nobler achievements. In the 
most trivial occurrences of daily existence 

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THE HEART OF BEING 

there will come to those who have faith, 
a whispering of the voice which calls out 
in the wilderness and leads through life's 
turmoils to the soul's final awakening and 
deliverance. 

When deep sorrow steals away the 
smiles and sunshine of youth, and life's 
frail bark is tossed on the great surging 
tide of affliction, resigned to the sweep 
of its mighty billows, he who listens with 
ears attuned to the higher harmonies will 
hear the unworded message which is felt 
in the soul. Above the tempest and storm, 
like the whisper of truth's bright messen- 
ger bidding us keep strength and hope, 
will be heard the wordless voice which 
woos the sad heart to hush its troubles 
and beat on in peace. 

Though the unwelcome duties of the 
hour may cause unrest, and the barren 
outlook of the future may discourage, 
have faith in your power to finally tri- 
umph over all things which would wrest 

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OR, TRUTH AND DESTINY 

from your grasp the heavenly heritage. 
The road of experience may be hard, and 
the lessons to be learned severe, yet every 
step brings you nearer to the celestial 
highway, gradually opening into vistas of 
security and peace; from darkness to 
light, from toil to repose. 

Listen to the voice of destiny which is 
being uttered in subdued tones by the di- 
vine monitor within. Develop an inde- 
pendent judgment; study yourself, your 
hopes and aims, your relation to environ- 
ment and the possibilities that are yours. 
Look deep into your being and receive 
from the inward source the revelations of 
life. With steadfast eye on the highest 
goal, maintain your allegiance to truth, 
and resolve that no power shall direct 
you, save the commands issued from the 
throne of that invisible kingdom which is 
yours by every law. 

Lift yourself above the shadow of pes- 
simism and despair, and bask in the sun- 

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THE HEART OF BEING 

light of freedom and progress. The gift 
of a liberal and progressive individuality, 
independent, determined and sincere, is 
the noblest heritage of man. Its culture 
and growth lead to the emancipation of 
the mind and will from the rule of others. 
There are infinite capacities within the 
self which simply await our loving recog- 
nition to bud and blossom into tangible 
realities. The deep inward yearning is 
the progressive spirit of life which impels 
humanity onward ; it is the mute pleading 
of the aspiring self in search of the des- 
tined goal of its mission. 

Being endowed with glorious possibil- 
ities which patiently await their discov- 
ery, as an instrument awaits the magic 
touch of dextrous fingers to call forth 
divinest strains, arise, therefore, to a 
sense of your dignity as a denizen of the 
universe and heir of the ages! Awaken 
to a keener perception of that which 
slumbers within ! Go forth in the majesty 



OR, TRUTH AND DESTINY 

of your strength and the dignity of your 
knowledge and win for yourself a place 
commensurate to the gifts which are 
yours to command! 

Being a component part of that energy 
which controls and directs the world and 
all the suns and planets of the myriads 
that revolve in the infinitude of space, 
ever impelled by the undying spirit of 
progression, let us press onward to the 
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Our Destiny 
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Divine Guidance 
A Lesson from Na- 
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The Highest Goal 



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What to Serve at Afternoon Tea, What to Serve at Receptions, 
What to Serve at Card Parties. 

Containing also 12 Ideas for Holiday Entertaining-, including 
Easter, an April "Rainy-Day," May-day, Fourth of July, 
Thanksgiving, Halloween, Christmas, etc., etc. 

Containing- also directions for 

7 Delicious "Relishes" for Dainty Refreshments. 

5 Tested Recipes for Special Fruit Drinks. 

8 Recipes for Salads Without Meat. 

4 Original Recipes for Nut and Fruit Sandwiches. 

6 Recipes for Appetizing- Nut and Fruit Desserts. 
3 Recipes for Frozen Desserts. 

6 Recipes for Nut and Fruit Cakes. 

5 Recipes for Delicious "Table Sweetmeats." 

9 Recipes for Home-Made Confections (cooked). 

5 Recipes for Home-Made Confections (without cook- 
ing-). 

This little booklet gives directions about the arrangement of 
the table, the order in which courses should be served, etc. 

If you entertain, if you like dainty, original dishes, if you 
wish to be in a position to undertake to provide the refresh- 
ments for others who do entertain, you will find this little 
pamphlet full of pertinent and original suggestions. 



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